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Bardiya
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Bardiya or Smerdis ( ; ; possibly died 522 BCE), also named as Tanyoxarces (; ) by Ctesias, was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings. There are sharply divided views on his life. Bardiya either ruled the Achaemenid Empire for a few months in 522 BCE, or was impersonated by a magus called Gaumata ( ), whose name is given by Ctesias as Sphendadates (; ), until he was toppled by Darius the Great.
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Bardiya was a male sovereign of the Achaemenid dynasty and a citizen of the Achaemenid Empire. He was the son of Cyrus the Great and Cassandane, and the sibling of Cambyses II, Roxane, Atossa, and Artystone. Born in Pasargadae, he held the positions of Great King, King of Kings, and pharaoh. His religious affiliation was Zoroastrianism.
He was married to Atossa and Phaedymia, and his child was Parmys. Bardiya died in 522 BCE in Pasargadae from a stab wound inflicted by Prexaspes and Anaphas. He is described in sources including the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Bardiya𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹
- Royalty.image
- Gaumata portrait on the Behistun inscription.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Portrait of the Achaemenid ruler toppled by Darius, as appearing on the Behistun inscription: he was either the legitimate Bardiya, or, as claimed by Darius, an imposter named Gaumāta.
- Royalty.succession
- King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire,Pharaoh of Egypt
- Royalty.reign
- 522 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Cambyses II
- Royalty.successor
- Darius the Great
- Royalty.burial_date
- 522 BC
- Royalty.spouse
- Phaedymia
- Royalty.issue
- Parmys
- Royalty.dynasty
- Achaemenid (Teispid)
- Royalty.father
- Cyrus the Great
- Royalty.mother
- Cassandane
- Royalty.religion
- Zoroastrianism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Achaemenid Empire
- Place of birth
- Pasargadae
- Place of death
- Pasargadae
- Spouse
- Phaedymia
- Child
- Parmys
- Father
- Cyrus the Great
- Mother
- Cassandane
- Sibling
- Artystone
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- pharaoh
- Religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Family
- Achaemenid dynasty
- Noble title
- pharaoh
- Image
- Bisotun Iran Relief Achamenid Period.JPG
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- date of death
- 0522-09-29
- Commons category
- Smerdis
- time period
- Ancient Egypt
- cause of death
- stab wound
- killed by
- Anaphas
- P12749
- Kosiorowo
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Name and sources
- Traditional view
- In Herodotus' ''Histories''
- In Ctesias' ''Persica''
- Modern view
- Aftermath
- Bardiya in fiction
- References
Bardiya or Smerdis ( ; ; possibly died 522 BCE), also named as Tanyoxarces (; ) by Ctesias, was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings. There are sharply divided views on his life. Bardiya either ruled the Achaemenid Empire for a few months in 522 BCE, or was impersonated by a magus called Gaumata ( ), whose name is given by Ctesias as Sphendadates (; ), until he was toppled by Darius the Great.
==Name and sources== The prince's name is listed variously in the historical sources. In Darius the Great's Behistun inscription, his Persian name is Bardiya or Bardia. Herodotus calls him Smerdis, which is the prevalent Greek form of his name; the Persian name has been assimilated to the Greek (Asiatic) name Smerdis or Smerdies, a name which also occurs in the poems of Alcaeus and Anacreon. Bardiya is called Tanyoxarces by Ctesias, who also names Gaumāta as Sphendadates; he is called Tanooxares by Xenophon, who takes the name from Ctesias, and he is called Mergis and Merdis by Justin and Merdis by Aeschylus.
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